Phuket Tour Ideas

This is a diving day trip to King Cruiser wreck from Phuket for certified divers. We transfer you from your hotel and take you on a boat trip to the dive sites for the day. Breakfast is served on board before you set off for your dive at the King Cruiser wreck and one more dive site in the Shark Point with our experienced guides. You then have lunch and have a final dive, normally at Koh Doc Mai before returning to Phuket. Diving is in small groups with a maximum of 4 people per guide.

Head to the Tone Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary and experience the excitement of white water rafting. Visit an elephant camp and take a 30-minute trek through the jungle on one of these majestic animals. Stop for a swim and enjoy a jungle walk as well.

Train, Bus and Other Transfers from Phuket Airport

Official Phuket Airport Taxi Service

Official Phuket Airport Taxi Recommendations

IHateTaxis.com has a mixed recommendation on the official Phuket Airport taxi service.

For an official Phuket Airport taxi, walk out of the Arrivals Hall and head straight back through the parking lot about 50 metres. You'll see the metered Phuket Airport taxi stand off to the left side - with a big sign and it is difficult to miss it. They will charge you a THB 100 "airport tax" that is a legitimate fee. Transportation to everywhere on the island will be cheaper with these taxis.

Official Phuket Airport Taxi Rates & Fares

Phuket Airport taxi rates given here are in the local currency (THB or Thai Baht). Use our currency converter or the cheat sheet to the left if you would like to convert to your currency. Note that Phuket Airport taxi rates given here are for official taxis and unofficial or pirate taxis (discussed below) may be different.

Official Phuket Airport Taxi Details

Phuket Airport taxi photo

The Phuket Airport is one of the few places you can pick up a legitimate metered Phuket Airport taxi where you can be sure not to get ripped off. Beware that the "Phuket Airport taxi mafia" have made it difficult for the unsuspecting visitor to even find this option.

Expect to be approached by touts immediately when exiting the airport - ignore them.

Look for the legitimate Taxi from Phuket Airport stand outside is to the right of the main building (about 50 metres outside) and the taxis are red and yellow and is very well marked! There is a THB 100 fee for using these Phuket Airport transfers, but this fee will be cheaper than a pirate taxi.

Phuket taxi drivers will probably insist that the meters are broken to try to gain a higher fixed price. Insist on the meter or know the average prices to where you are going. Prices should be per car, not per person.

Update as of November 13, 2013: soon metered taxis will be the only type of taxi permitted to pick-up passengers at Phuket Airport. These new restrictions are expected to be in place before the end of 2013.

Private Phuket Airport Transfer with Meet & Greet Service

Pirate Phuket Airport Taxi Serivce

Avoid the touts that approach you asking "where are you going" and the like as they are there to rip you off. Stick with the official taxi from Phuket Airport services. The good news is that there are changes coming that will restrict unlicensed taxis from operating at the airport; soon, only metered taxis will be permitted to pick-up passengers.

In May 2013, a disturbing incident took place at Phuket Airport. A female Chinese tourist got into an unofficial taxt at the airport and was sexually assaulted. The driver of an unlicenced taxi told the passenger that the back seat was broken, so she got in the front seat. The driver then locked the doors and began to assault the woman while he was driving (he was found to be on drugs). They drove around for 5 hours until the car ran out of gas, upon which the driver got out of the cab, and the woman was able to escape (read more). While obviously a one-off incident, the risk of this happening in an official taxi is nil, or next to none.